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  • Depends on a few variables. But the pattern is the same, track on a graph both temps and usage of your CPU (might as well do GPU as well) and if you see one of two things:

    First frame rate drop and then come back look at the graph, did usage drop and thermal drop and once temp got to a given level performance came back. To fix start with blowing everything out with canned air and ensuring all the fans are working. Fix any that aren't and see if that helps. If it doesn't help and it's the CPU look into redoing the cooler on the CPU.

    Second thing you might see is performance is better and then drops and sustains at the lower level once thermals hit a given level. This is most common on mobile devices like a laptop but has been seen on pre-built PCs from some vendors (Dell, CyberPower, most often) in which case upgrading the cooling after the above.

    In the end this is unlikely but start looking at the least expensive route first (like this) and then look into upgrading.

    As the other responses point out mix-matching RAM speeds isn't a good idea, most mother boards will just run both sets at the lower speed and it's not a problem just not optimal. Some custom boards (Dell most often) aren't smart enough for this and it'll introduce extra stuttering.

    In the same app you can track ram usage, if the stuttering is worse when you use more than half than less than half this is most often the cause and replacing RAM so they're both the same speed (preferably from the same company) is the most frequent fix.

    Upgrading the GPU is probably next if the above isn't the issue or doesn't get you the performance you want. If you do make sure your PSU can handle the extra draw. Pre-builts (Dell mostly) often put in PSUs that are just powerful enough barely run what's installed and things will start to fail if you exceed it's power output.

    Most pre-builts are just fine, don't let elitists convince you otherwise. A few are known for taking shortcuts but most are just fine.

    Good luck!!

  • Also make sure you're not running into thermal throttling.

    Open hardware monitor is my go to for that.

    https://openhardwaremonitor.org/

    Depending on who made the pre-built it's not uncommon to start running into that at this age. If you are then solving it could be very cheap.

  • I enjoyed it as is. Probably put 40 hours or more into it. But I played it on PC so maybe it has patches to make it better by then?

  • I'm shocked to see just how many of these games I played as a kid. I think I need to buy it now...

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  • Another thread on this recommended waterfox. Based on Firefox. Might be worth checking out. I'm using it for now.

  • Thank you for taking the time to type this whole thing out! I thought I knew everything but I clearly only knew the GN takedown piece, wow.

  • Andorra has been up to something...

  • To add to your comment, ceramic window tint is a night and day difference. My steering wheel, shifter, and all couldn't be touched after work. I wore driving gloves to get home. With the tint there slightly warm and the AC doesn't take half the drive to catch up, the car is cool by the first stop light.

    Maybe they should sell cars with that by default instead?

  • I've seen the AWD version of this get pretty heavily modified for drag racing. It's pretty sweet to see a mini van take down sports cars!

  • I should have been clearer, I meant the wheel and tire combo. They look like they belong on a much smaller vehicle. And I was alive when this car was new and my memory of it doesn't look like this lol.

  • Interesting! If you run across it again I'd love to see it.

  • The wheel to car ratio....

  • SaaS occasionally makes sense but I'm overall against it. Hardware SaaS has been dumb as fuck since AMD tried to charge us extra to unlock cores we already had on the chip and like 6 seconds until we fished out how to get around it.

  • It's possible to get cars as new as 2019 where you can just pull a fuse. But it starts to get tricky.

    Example my C7 Vette it only took about that (it was a bit of an ordeal to not brick the car) but it's not connected to shit anymore.

  • Lol thank you! Though I hadn't considered the whole library. I should have though. I was more thinking of making my own game as a game. Then I could make anything I could think of and then play it. I've always wanted to make a video game, this would be a good time to start I guess.

  • Maybe this is cheating but RPG maker, ACC or maybe ACE if it's out in time with a great rig, and probably Minecraft.

  • This is a true work of art!

  • Under the chicken.

  • It did, they should have put it on the side. I still ate it.

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